Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

षष्टिं दक्षोऽसृजत्कन्या वैरिण्यां वै प्रजापतिः । ददौ स दश धर्माय कश्यपाय त्रयोदश

Transliteration

ṣaṣṭiṃ dakṣo'sṛjatkanyā vairiṇyāṃ vai prajāpatiḥ | dadau sa daśa dharmāya kaśyapāya trayodaśa

Translation

生主（Prajāpati）达叉由维里妮（Vairiṇī）生下六十位女儿。其中，他将十位许配给法神达摩（Dharma），又将十三位许配给迦叶（Kaśyapa）。

Word by Word

• षष्टिम्: sixty
• षष्टिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; संख्यावाचक

• दक्षः: Dakṣa
• दक्षः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• असृजत्: created
• असृजत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सृज् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• कन्याः: daughters, maidens
• कन्याः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘षष्टिम्’ इत्यस्य विशेष्य (sixty maidens)

• वैरिण्याम्: in/through Vairiṇī (as mother)
• वैरिण्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैरिणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphasis)

• प्रजापतिः: the lord of creatures (Prajāpati)
• प्रजापतिः: Karta (Subject apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा + पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (प्रजायाः पति), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘दक्षः’ इत्यस्य विशेषण/उपाधि

• ददौ: gave
• ददौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• दश: ten
• दश: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दशन्/दश (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्याशब्दः; द्वितीया-बहुवचनार्थे (ten [daughters])

• धर्माय: to Dharma
• धर्माय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• कश्यपाय: to Kaśyapa
• कश्यपाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कश्यप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• त्रयोदश: thirteen
• त्रयोदश: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रयोदश (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्याशब्दः; द्वितीया-बहुवचनार्थे (thirteen [daughters])

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A court-like cosmic assembly: Prajāpati Dakṣa with Vairiṇī, surrounded by sixty daughters; Dharma and Kaśyapa seated as recipients, with sages witnessing the kanyā-dāna that seeds creation.

Characters & Entities

• Dakṣa
• Vairiṇī
• Dharma
• Kaśyapa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic genealogies frame dharma as social and cosmic continuity—relationships are aligned with order and responsibility.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting remains Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, but this verse focuses on lineage rather than a particular tirtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it records marital allotments in the sacred genealogy.